Rabobank, the Dutch bank, will cut its ties with professional cycling at the
end of the year as the seismic effects of the Lance Armstrong doping
revelations continue to reverberate throughout the sport.

In a damning verdict of the way cycling is being governed by the UCI,
Rabobank, which lends its name to men’s and women’s professional teams, said
it was “no longer convinced” that cycling could be rid of doping, or that
the situation would change in the near future.

To have lost one of its biggest sponsors is the latest blow to a sport still
reeling from the